Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-06-03

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| ing from wagon, is getting along finely,
and the doctors report his limb will be
saved.
EAST CHARLOTTE.
Miss Dunton of Underhill, who is the
| guest of Mr.. and Mrs b. II. Emo for a
! few days, gave an interesting talk before
| the Baptist Sunday school last Sunday.
.... The Messrs. Bssette are doing some
nice work in painting on Mr.. George Il.
Pringle's buildings, and Mr.. NJ. +. Berry
of Malone, y. Y, is doing similar work
for Mr.. f. b. Field. 80. Guy Willoughby
and George +. Pringle, are completing
lately made brief visit home from Lin
coin &C. G. Prngle and his aunt and
Mrs. George Welcome, have returned
from the Southwest. Miss l.. Nj. Rice
has gone to Lincoln for season. .....
Messrs. f. II. Converse, j. r. Taggart and
b. Cleveland, few nights ago, captured
in Shelburn marshes a bill-tish measur-
ing three feet and nine inches in length,
and weighing eight pounds: Mr.. Cleve-
land has preserved and stuffed the skin
III such way that it looks very natural
.... Messrs. George d. and +. l.. Jackman
with their wives, and Mrs. Willoughby,
Mr.. Emo and others will attend the Bap-
tst State Sunday school convention, at
st. Albans, this week, and the Addison
county Baptist convention, at Bristol,
| next week.
81. bEOisbf.
The usual monotony of the town was
changed Saturday, the occasion being
law suit of Irwin lsham VS.. William Cliff
ford. 1sham and family as was shown to
the jurors staid at Mr.. Clifford's some five
weeks working for their board, the
woman doing the work. Isham brought
suit to recover about SlS, as he claimed
one quarter of veal. The veal proved to
be so young that it was not fit to eat The
suit was before Justice Allen of Hines
burgh. Joseph Landon for Isham, a. e.
Jodoin and George Toby for Mr.. Clifford.
The case was given to the jurors about $50
and within 15 minutes they reported that
the prosecutor had not sustained his case,
giving lsham Yearly IS costs to pay. y.......
A fine floral tribute Offering at the Cum
mings Post decoration services was con
tributed by Mrs. Carrie MiIlham, wife of
Comrade James Millham. The motto
absent but not forgotten" was formed
in beautiful black and white letters sur
rounded with beautiful wreath of flow
ers and placed in Mechanicsville ceme-
terry. The dinner furnished by the w. X.
c. at Gas hall was highly engaged.
JERICHO CENTRE.
During the thunder storm Friday
lightning struck Smith Pease's barn at
Vest West Bolton, oil On and damaged it to the
Swanton.
J. NJ. Dean is out again after being con-
fined to his house for four months Mr.
Dean is the pioneer butter buyer of the
county having bought and shipped butter
to market for half century. Fifty years
ago this month ne commenced buying
in Bakersfield, hauling to ST. Albans Bay
and shipping by water to New York. For
l3 years this was tie butter market but
since then Boston and New England
points have taken Franklin county but
ter. In those DAYS dairies were so small
makers brought their butter to the ship
; per in rolls and the latter worked the
same over packing it in 80 pound tubs.
1t was not until comparatively recent
date that makers began packing in tubs
themselves, Mr. Dean says the lowest
he ever paid for good butter was eight
cents and the highest,in war time, 80 cents.
In lS39-4s Mr.. Dean bought butter along
the Wabash river having his headquar-
ters at Lebanon, Ind, sending his pur-
! chases by team l20 miles to Chicago, then
: a city of 5000 inhabitants. He supplied
! Chcago's four hotels, the leading one be-
/ ing the Lake House. ... The band Will 90
to Burlington on the Maquam June -.
; ....,. First Mate Green OF the Maquam
e has sold his Earthquake" carriage horse
to Mr.. Hartwell of Pittsburgh for a
Y good price. COnducto' John O'Day OF
4 Waterloo, with wife and child are visit
. ing friends in town this week. .. The
. selectmen are using Champion road ma
chine on the roads with excellent results.
.....: Capt. Brown who once led his com
= mand INTO battle with a hatchet instead
a of sword has given up the law business
in Chicago and is quietly farming on his
fathers broad acres at Maquam.
Vergennes.
= The citizens meeting, Friday evening
TO consult about the best course to pursue
at the city meeting Tuesday next, was
well attended, Mayor McCuen called the
l meeting to order and H. G. johnson was
t chosen secretary. Remarks We're made
4 by f. +. Woodbridge, q. w. Grandey, ID.
Q II. Lewis, DR., Coe and others. The tone
i of the meeting favored the Pcceptance of
= the offer of the Adirondack Granite com
;, pany .....A young man from over the
a lake, who was down with diphtheria at
e Mr.. Bnrwells, West Addison. is dead. -.
e Monday being a public holiday,
y the graded school will not be in session
q 80. Mr.. Edgerton of Charlotte, is re
K building the Lincoln bridge, destroyed by
= the high water. An unusually liberal
y attendance on our market Saturday.
|. Butter took quite Il tumble, market day
a and fancy did not get above IL cents.
:. Judge Roberts IS drawn as grand jury
J. man, and |. H. Smith and l.. Bartles as
S petit jurors from Vergennes.
5. The Middlebury college nine and a nine
= from this place played an exhibition
J. game Memorial Day ..,... President Cleve
|, land Was met by quite number Friday
= morning at the Nergennes depo.. The
e train stopped three minutes, and all pres
:. ent had opportunity to shake hands
with him. There would have been large
IS crowd had more people read the FREE
o PRESS, and so have known that the
l. tram would stop here. They have big
y joke on the only government official il
e Vergennes. But George did not know
IS the train would even check up..... We
l. regret to know that Mr. ,JOhn Norton has
e sustained bad injury to his left knee, by
e cutting 1t with piece of glass, while al
e the Norton cottage on the lake shore.
)f The memorial sermon at the Methods
If ,hurch Sunday forenoon by the pastor
IS Rev. NJ. III. Smith, was delivered to
II crowded house. Ethan Allen Post attend
l. ed in body, accompanied by the Sons o
1 Veterans. Prof, Yager preached Sun
d day morning and evening in the Congre
is gatOnal church. His evening discourse
E. was memorial. Monday the Red, Whit,
h and Blue Base ball club visited the Stat
il school prOundS and left after a Ual